Washboiler.



L. WEST.

WASHBOILER.

APPLICATION FILED 00127, 1910.

Patented June 18, 1912.

'LEWIS WEST, OF MONETT, MISSOURI.

WASHBOILER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 18, 1912A.

Application filed October 7, 1910. Serial No. 585,844.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, LEwIs WEST, a citizen of the United States, residingat Monet-t, in t-he county of Barry and State of. Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Washboilers, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in wash boilers and similardevices, and has for one of its objects to improve the construction andincrease the efficiency and utility of devices of this character.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwherein provision is made for supporting the garments spaced from thebottom of the boiler and likewise for draining the garments after theboiling operation before they are removed from the boiler.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of lthischaracter having a draining appliance and with means for suspending theappliance within the boiler and spaced below the top.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterhaving a cover supported within the boiler and a short distance belowthe rim so that all danger of the water boiling over is effectuallyprevented.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterhaving a cover supported below the top of the rim to prevent the waterfromboiling over, and adapted to be locked from upward movement so thatthey pressure produced by the boiling of the water and the expansion ofthe garments will not result in displacing the cover.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described andthen specifically pointed out in the claim; and, the drawingsillustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional View of the improved device.. Fig.2 is a plan view of the drainer member. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectionon the line 2 2 of'Fig. 1. Fig. t is a transverse section showing thedrainage member in its upward position, or in position to drain thegarments. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the cover lockingdevices.

The boiler portion of the improved device is represented conventionallyat 10 and `provided with the usual outwardly directed rolled rim at 11.The boiler may be of any required size and any suitable material, butwill generally be the ordinary form and of the ordinary material, asVthe improved attachments do not require any change whatever in theboiler, and may be adapted without material structural changes todifferent forms and sizes of boilers. Located within the boiler is aperforated drainage member 12 having a concave under face and a convexupper face. Located upon the upper face of the member 12 are a pluralityof concentrically arranged ribs 13 which serve to support the garmentsabove the body of the drainage member, and to this end any number ofthese ribs may be employed and spaced any required distance. Generallytwo of the ribs will be suiiicient, but it will be understood that it isnot desired to limit the number of the ribs in any manner o-r to anydistance between them. In practice strips which are L-shapedtransversely are employed as shown.

The perforations indicated at 14 are preferably so spaced that they comebetween the ribs, with none of the perforations covered by t-he ribs.Wash boilers are generally constructed with flat sides and rounded ends,and the drainage'member 12 conforms to the outlines of the boiler, butit will be understood that the drainage member will be formed tocorrespond to the outlines of the boiler whatever form the lat-ter maypossess. Rising from the member 12 are a plurality of brackets 15,preferably two at each side, and with sockets in their upper ends toreceive the rods 16. Mounted to swing upon the rods 16, preferablyoutside of the brack ets 15 are bails 17, each bail having eyes 18 atits terminals for engaging around the rods 1G and with offsets 19 nextto the eyes. By this arrangement when the drainage member 12 is locatedin the bottom of the boiler, as shown in Figs. 3 and t the bails willbear at their upper bight ends against the sides of the boiler with thespace between them for the garments. After the boiling operation thebails are utilized to elevate the drainage member 12 together with thegarments, the bails then swung in opposite directions upon the rods ashinges and the offsets 19 of the bails bearing upon the upper rim of theboiler and the bodies of the bails directed downwardly alongside of theboiler, as shown in Fig. 4. By this meansy the bails are utilized tohold the drainage member in its upward position, and after the drainageis completed the bails may again be employed to lift t-he drainage mem,-ber together with thefgarments thereon bodily from the boiler. v

It will thus be noted' that a simply constructed and convenient deviceis produced whereby the clothes are supported away from the bottom ofthe boiler by the upwardly-,directed drainage member, and then supportedin position until the drainage is completed and then removed from theboiler,

the drainage member thus performing three j distinct and separatefunctions. A cover to the boiler also forms a part of the improveddevice and is represented conventionally at 20 and is convex upon theupper face and concave on the lower face, and will conform substantiallyto the shape of the boiler, but will be slightly smaller than the boilerso that water can pass freely between the closure and the sides oftheboiler. At its ends the cover 2O is provided with hooks 21 for bearingover the rim 11 of the boiler, and thus supportingl the coverinposition. Rising from the sides of the cover 20` are loops 22, andswinging upon these loops are hooks 23, preferably formed of sheet metaland with inwardly directed tongues 524; for en- Y gaging beneath theoutwardly turnedV roll or rim 1l of the boiler when the cover 20 is inposition, and thus effectually lock the coverV fro-m upward movement.This is an important advantage in devices of this character, as theupward pressure created by the boiling water and the swelling of thegarments is'considerable and frequently result-s y in displacing thecover. This would be espei cially true in a construction such as shown Yin this application with the cover located a short distance below thetop of the boiler,

whereby t-he upward pressure against the cover is greater. Preferably,the cover 20 is formed with any desired number of per-Vk forations, asbest illustrated in Fig. l.

The improved device is simple in cQnstruction, can be inexpensivelymanufactured, and can be applied without material structural changes todifferent forms of ,boilers and without requiring any change whatever inthe boiler. y

By this means if the boiler is required for other purposes' than boilingclothes the attachments may be readily'removed, as will vloe obvious.

Having thus described my invention, what fis ,claimed as new is. 1 Y YThe combination with a wash boiler'having an outwardly projecting rim,of a cover removably fitted within the `boiler and lying yfin a planebelow the said rim, and means for `supporting the cover and for holdingit lagainst, upward displacement, said means comprising loops `securedupon the cover at lopposite sides thereof and'keepers Vpivotallygconnected one with each of the loops, each Vof the keepers comprising aplate bent to form a right angularly projecting flange having anextension bent toxform a pivot flug connectedwith the respective loop,the lsaid liange being arranged to project over the said rim with thebody ofthe plate eX- ltending down beside the rim exterior to theboiler, and the said plate having a lug stampedto project at an anglefrom the in- ;ner side thereof and engaging beneath the said rim.

In testimony whereof, I aiiiX my signature ,in presence of twowitnesses.

LEWIS VEST. [1.. s]

Witnesses:

JAMES E. MCWILLIAMS, Q. O. HUDSON.

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` Washington, D. C.

